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> you will only find Reverse waiting there to mock you with a shriek of high-speed gear teeth machining themselves into round cylinders Am I alone in twitching
by pengaru 3y ago
> you will only find Reverse waiting there to mock you with a shriek of high-speed gear teeth machining themselves into round cylinders
Am I alone in twitching at this fallacy?
These have constant-mesh gearboxes. You're grinding castellated faces AKA dogs/dog-teeth/dog-clutches [0], not the gear teeth.
If you're going to write something in such a condescending smarty-pants tone, at least be freaking accurate.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant_mesh_gearbox#Dog_clutch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant_mesh_gearbox#Dog_clut...
- jsmith45 3y agoI'm not familiar with this car, but it is not at all unusual for reverse gear to not be constant mesh, and to instead operate like an old nonsynchronous gearbox. Indeed the very same article you linked has a reverse gear section literally saying as much.